With over a decade of teaching experience, Nirmita is also an advertising professional who has worked on key accounts like Rasna SDC, Hindustan Lever, Air India Warner Lambert and Wipro at J. Walter Thompson and Mudra Communications Pvt. Ltd. She was involved in conceptualizing and executing the TV programs ‘Rajni’ by Basu Chatterjee and ‘It’s a Woman’s World’ by Simi Garewal. She was also the Executive producer for India’s first Tele-film ‘Janam’ by Mahesh Bhatt and involved in the production of a music program for Radio called ‘Hot Tracks’.

Jerry Pinto Author & Journalist

He has been lecturing on the Craft of Journalism at SCM.

Jerry has authored several books, written television scripts, edited a travel dotcom, and contributed articles and columns to several magazines and newspapers. He is a member of the board of the non-governmental organisation, Meljol, which works in the sphere of child rights. He is a commissioning editor for Speaking Tiger books, India, and a consulting editor with Man’s World. For more details on his work, click here

Sunayana is an independent Producer-Director of non-fiction software for TV News channels. She worked with the News & Current Affairs Department of Doordarshan (Mumbai) for 17 years and subsequently worked with private channels such as NDTV, Aaj Tak and Zee. She was awarded the BRONZE TREE award in 'VATAVARAN 2002', India's first National and Wildlife Film Festival, held in New Delhi.

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Jeroo MullaFormer Head Of Department

Jeroo teaches Film appreciation and photography at SCM.

Former Head of Department of SCM, Jeroo Mulla has been teaching Photography and Film Appreciation for over 30 years. During this time she has also supervised over 100 student documentary film productions. She was recently honoured with the Prof. Satish Bahadur Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film Education in South Asia by the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad at the Alpaviraam South Asia Film Festival. Apart from teaching she is also an accomplished BharataNatyam exponent who has trained under the renowned guru, Acharya Parvatikumar.

Smruti KoppikarFormer Editor (Special Assignments), Hindustan Times

She has been teaching The Principles, History of Indian journalism, Gate-keeping, Reporting and Writing.

Smruti has been teaching at SCM since 1994. With over two decades of experience in print and electronic media, Smruti is the winner of the Sanskriti Award for Excellence in Journalism. She has held positions such as Associate Editor (West) and Bureau Chief, Outlook; City Editor for Indian Express and Principal Correspondent for India Today. She was also the Western Region Head for Star News. She has authored chapters on the city and its transformations in books on Mumbai.

Geeta RaoBrand and Content consultant

Geeta teaches advertising and creative writing at SCM.

A senior advertising professional, Geeta has served as Regional Creative Director at Ogilvy, Thailand and Group Creative Director, Ogilvy Mumbai. She has also been Creative Advisor to Rediffusion DY&R, DDBMudra , Saatchi & Saatchi and Law &Kenneth. Geeta has written extensively on advertising, marketing and media for Times of India, Financial Express and Asian Age. Geeta has also worked with the Conde Nast Group as Beauty & Health Director, Vogue India and continues to be a contributing Editor at Vogue. She now runs her own blog Geeta's List and is an independent brand and content consultant .

P SainathRural Reporter

Sainath teaches the Ethics and History of Journalism at SCM.

Ramon Magsaysay Award winner and former Rural Affairs Editor at The Hindu, Sainath was also the first reporter in the world to win Amnesty International’s Global Human Rights Journalism Prize and the first Indian reporter to win the European Commission’s Lorenzo Natali Prize for human rights journalism. The B.D. Goenka Award winner for Excellence in Journalism, his landmark book, Everybody Loves a Good Drought is still a bestseller and being used as a teaching aid at over a hundred universities worldwide.
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Rabindra HazariPartner, Rabindra Hazari Associates

Rabindra teaches Press and Media Laws at SCM.

Rabindra Hazari is an eminent corporate lawyer has been lecturing on Press and Media Laws at SCM for the last two decades. He is currently a partner in the law firm, Rabindra Hazari Associates.

Sunitha ChitrapuResearcher

Sunitha teaches Fundamental Concepts in Communications at SCM.

A PhD in Mass Communications from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, Sunitha lectures in Communications Research. She started her career as an assistant director to Shyam Benegal and later worked at STAR TV before she attended graduate school.Her research interests include the political economy of media in India and the
economics of international media trade.Her research has been presented at international conferences and published in book chapters and journal articles.

Suresh VenkatMedia Consultant & Anchor

Suresh Venkat teaches Broadcast Journalism.

Suresh is the former Editor, Technology & Special Features, CNBC-TV18. Prior to that, he was Programming Director for Radio City 91.1 FM, Bangalore. He has previously worked as a producer with music television channel, Channel [v], and as a product designer for Titan Watches and The Bombay Store. Suresh is a graduate of the National Insititute of Design, Ahmedabad.

ShymaBroadcast Media professional

Shyma teaches Broadcast Journalism at SCM.

Shyma started her career with NDTV showcasing her expertise in live news broadcasting coupled with being a producer for award winning features like Jai Jawan, India Inc and Witness. Currently a freelance media consultant, she has worked with Sony for IPL, set up an internal news channel for a corporate house and also produced digital content for Google encapsulating a decade of experience in the industry in various facets and roles.

Shola RajachandranConsultant Corporate Communications & Publicity

Shola teaches Corporate Communication & PR at SCM.

She began her career as a journalist and then moved to television to start her career as a publicist. Shola has worked with various media bigwigs including Reliance, Star India, Zee, Sony to name a few. She was a part of the team that launched KBC that helped Star to No 1 position among television channels in India. She continues to freelance as an Independent Publicity Consultant.

Parth VyasIndependent film-maker

Parth shares the best practices of visual story telling. He trains the students for end-to-end video production processes

Parth is a software engineer turned independent film maker. After working for couple of years in corporate (Infosys) and the EdTech ecosystems (embibe.com), he shifted his complete focus and energy to communications, in general, and film making, in particular. He has developed corporate films, documentary films and other form of visual content for YES Bank, YES Foundation, PSBT, Zee Media, DNA, Firstpost, Businessworld, The Jehangir Sabavala Foundation, Kanoria Foundation, URBz, LogicRoots Inc, Progressive Protocol, Anticlock Films, NineColours and others.

Mayank SenManaging Partner & Corporate Advisor, Moe's Art (PR Agency)

Mayank teaches PR & Corporate Communication at SCM.

Mayank has a vast experience in public relations specialising in corporate PR. He has worked with more than 100 companies across sectors. Prior to co-founding Moe’s Art, Mayank was managing clients like Mudra Group, Publicis Group, Cell18, etc. at Hanmer MS&L. Mayank also has a degree in Civil Engineering and has worked on projects like Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC).